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to give you an example, we were talking to people about what to do in syria and it occurred to eric that nobody, in the midst of talking about what should be done, ever began to look at how much things cost, how things would work. >> the new story in syria that everyone has a mobile phone. let's get the right people mobile phones and the wrong people mobile phones that have wrong stuff in it. >> can you find people of like-minded any country of the world? >> one of the things that is interesting about leaving foreign policy and coming to google is that with the exception of isolated traffic police in north korea, everyone in the world has heard of google and wants to talk about it. technology is a tool but it is also a culture. it is the lowest common denominator across every society that is open. >> in north korea, jerod wanted to meet with the traffic ladies. they had no idea they were internet sensations. they didn't realize that because they didn't have access. in the case of tunisia, we met with the bloggers that helped overthrow the dictator at the time. what are they doing now? an
to give you an example, we were talking to people about what to do in syria and it occurred to eric that nobody, in the midst of talking about what should be done, ever began to look at how much things cost, how things would work. >> the new story in syria that everyone has a mobile phone. let's get the right people mobile phones and the wrong people mobile phones that have wrong stuff in it. >> can you find people of like-minded any country of the world? >> one of the things...
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. >> an example, we were talking to some people what to do in syria. it occurred to eric that nobody in the midst how far talking about what should be done or this should be done or we should do that ever again georgia to look at how much things cost, how things would work. >> the new story in syria let's get the right people mobile phones and it get the wrong people mobile phones that have the wrong stuff in it. >> rose: can you go to any country in the world and find people of like mind in terms of who is beginning to understand and grapple with the possibility, even if it's in central republic of africa. >> one of the things that's interesting leaving the foreign policy world and coming to google is with the exception of isolated traffic police in north korea ever in the world has heard of google and heard of the internet and wants to talk about that. so technology is a too many but it's also a culture. it's the lowest commune denominator. >> we were in north cree jared was obsessed with internet. >> rose: they have instagram and everything else. >>
. >> an example, we were talking to some people what to do in syria. it occurred to eric that nobody in the midst how far talking about what should be done or this should be done or we should do that ever again georgia to look at how much things cost, how things would work. >> the new story in syria let's get the right people mobile phones and it get the wrong people mobile phones that have the wrong stuff in it. >> rose: can you go to any country in the world and find people...
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he has all of these balls in the air, whether it is ironic or syria, israeli-palestinian negotiations. he went to china, he had a statement yesterday about climate and how important that was and how serious that was. he is really having, almost like a very engaged -- >> he has a very good team. general allen is as good as they come. >> john alan is working on the security elements with the palestinians. >> the job i had back in when i -- back in 2007 when i was the special envoy working for condoleezza rice. my feeling is that everybody knows what this is going to look like. so it's a question of getting the people to the table to agree to it. >> do you believe kerry has a plan that may be able to get them to the table to have a serious conversation? >> i don't think there's any doubt we have a good plan that the moderate arabs, the europeans and everybody would rally around if netanyahu would think about the global implications. >> and take the risk on each other a bit. >> yes. the whole thing has always been to try to get, in the case of the two occupants of those two jobs, to come
he has all of these balls in the air, whether it is ironic or syria, israeli-palestinian negotiations. he went to china, he had a statement yesterday about climate and how important that was and how serious that was. he is really having, almost like a very engaged -- >> he has a very good team. general allen is as good as they come. >> john alan is working on the security elements with the palestinians. >> the job i had back in when i -- back in 2007 when i was the special...
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some have concluded from what's going on in the middle east and how we handle, how we respond to syria, how we respond to egypt and how we respond to the arab spring, because we now have a much brighter future than when we were dependent on opec, that we are somehow less interested in their region. that's a conclusion that they've drawn. >> you would want to dissuaded them of that notion. >> i think we should dissuade them of that notion. the middle east is the most dangerous spot in the world. i think secretary kerry is doing as good a job as could be done in terms of focusing on those issues. and we need to reassure our friends and allies not just in , the middle east but elsewhere , around the world that united states is still committed. we're still a country that can be relied upon and that we're with them. >> i had a leading israeli common list -- columnist here. amazed at the energy and movement forward of john kerry. he has all of these balls in the air, whether it is ironic or israeli-palestinian negotiations. he went to china, he had a statement yesterday about climate and how
some have concluded from what's going on in the middle east and how we handle, how we respond to syria, how we respond to egypt and how we respond to the arab spring, because we now have a much brighter future than when we were dependent on opec, that we are somehow less interested in their region. that's a conclusion that they've drawn. >> you would want to dissuaded them of that notion. >> i think we should dissuade them of that notion. the middle east is the most dangerous spot...
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and if we want to compromise and syria endures it is better to have the iranians included in it rather than to have a compromise from which they are excluded and for which they have an incentive of their own interest and security to undermine. >> rose:. >> you know, back in 2002, when we went in to afghanistan, and over through the taliban, over threw the taliban you may be surprised to be hearing this, the iranians were extremely helpful. >> rose: i know about that. >> in afghanistan. >> rose: i know about this, first of all they lost a lot of people to the taliban. >> that's right. >> i mean, 40,000 casualties i think i mean a whole lot. >> something like that, you are quite right. so the thing is we may have made some misjudgments here but the key point to me is, if we get involved in this sectarian war and as a consequence of that lebanon and jordan explode immediately, iraq will follow shortly thereafter and so forth we are going to be stuck there in our own probably for as long as we have been in afghanistan and "iraq or maybe even longer. >> do we have a strategy, do you think,
and if we want to compromise and syria endures it is better to have the iranians included in it rather than to have a compromise from which they are excluded and for which they have an incentive of their own interest and security to undermine. >> rose:. >> you know, back in 2002, when we went in to afghanistan, and over through the taliban, over threw the taliban you may be surprised to be hearing this, the iranians were extremely helpful. >> rose: i know about that. >>...
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intellectan enormous and intellectual syria city to every issue he addresses. he really doesn't care where the .ood idea comes from we have been a challenge global environment. it hasn't been the ripest moment for the kind of direct negotiations that worked in the 80's and 90's. a little bit better than they work right now. i'm not going to cast lame, but i will just say -- theou have suggested biggest problem facing the country was washington. bob gates said the same thing. the issues having to do within in two-mile area there washington dc, with the conflict between republicans and democrats is the heart of our global position. but the president tried to engage directly on many occasions. the budget negotiations that i was deeply involved in, he was willing to do things that would have been hard to come back and convince democrats to go along with. you need to have a negotiating the comparable ability to go back and negotiate and make things happen. maybe he just wasn't the right time for it. it was never his interest or will. one of the things in the stories
intellectan enormous and intellectual syria city to every issue he addresses. he really doesn't care where the .ood idea comes from we have been a challenge global environment. it hasn't been the ripest moment for the kind of direct negotiations that worked in the 80's and 90's. a little bit better than they work right now. i'm not going to cast lame, but i will just say -- theou have suggested biggest problem facing the country was washington. bob gates said the same thing. the issues having...